Chapter 508: Mysterious Ancient Painting
Auctioneer Li Dawei was also stunned by Ye Hao's offer, and after being stunned for a while, he raised the auction hammer again.
"The spirit of the Emperor is really amazing, I really admire it! Everyone, the current price of this "Banner Victory" is 500 million yuan from Mr. Emperor Bao, may I ask, will anyone continue to increase the price?"
He asked twice, and when he saw that no one answered, he slammed the hammer on the table and announced that the first lot of the auction had been successfully bought by the Emperor of the Trenches.
In the auction hall, all the staff gave a standing ovation and congratulated Ye Hao.
Because this is the first lot in this auction, Yu Wenhui, president of Fighting Shark, also made a special speech and warmly congratulated Ye Hao on winning this good fortune.
At the same time, Yu Wenhui also reminded Ye Hao that 20% of the transaction price of this work will be donated to the Education Charity Foundation to help poor out-of-school children.
Ye Hao didn't say a word, so he simply agreed.
He just quoted such a high price, in addition to really wanting to win this good lottery, he also hopes to donate more money to the Education Charity Foundation.
Soon, the second lot was placed on the booth by the staff.
This lot is a Ming Xuande furnace.
Xuande furnace is a copper incense burner made during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the first incense burner cast with brass in Chinese history, with beautiful shape and ancient charm.
The Xuande furnace auctioned today is not a fine product in the Xuande furnace, and the appearance is somewhat obviously damaged. But overall, it's a good lot.
The starting price given by David Li is one million yuan.
The enthusiasm of the wealthy people who participated in the auction was obviously not as high as just now, and there were very few bidders.
In the end, this Xuande furnace was bought by a wealthy man named "Taiyi Zhenren" for five million.
Ye Hao didn't like this antique very much, so he didn't participate in the auction.
Next, two more lots were exhibited one after another, and Ye Hao was not particularly interested, so he did not bid.
Most of the wealthy people who participate in the auction often participate in auctions, and although they are not experts, they also know a little about antique appreciation.
These two lots failed to attract everyone's attention, and the number of people participating in the auction was not large, so the final transaction price was not very high.
David Li was not surprised by this situation.
The order of the auction of these antiques today was arranged by him personally. He deliberately added some relatively ordinary lots to some important lots, so that on the one hand, he could increase the transaction price of those lots, and on the other hand, he could also adjust the atmosphere of the auction site.
For these ordinary lots, David Li auctioned them quickly and did not deliberately delay time.
Soon, today's lot No. 004 was sent to the booth by the staff.
This is an ancient painting, which is not very well preserved, and the paper is already a little blackened. There are some lines drawn on it, like children's graffiti, and I can't tell what it is.
David Li appeared careless when introducing the lot.
He only hastily introduced that this was an ancient painting, the author and age were unknown, and it was not clear what it was painting. A number of antique experts have appraised the painting, but they have not been able to say why.
One thing that is special is that experts are not sure of the exact date of completion of this ancient painting.
Some experts say that the painting may be more than 500 years old, and some experts say that it is not possible to have 3,000 years. There are also many experts who scoff at this statement, believing that it is only two or three hundred years old at most, and it should have been painted by some ignorant young child, which is completely undisciplined, let alone appreciative.
After getting the painting, the auction house had auctioned it at several auctions, but all of them failed and failed to sell.
Today, David Li put this painting up for auction again, wanting to try his luck and see if he could take this opportunity to sell it.
The rich people who participated in the competition, after seeing this ancient painting, all scoffed. There are even several rich people who publicly criticized David Li in the live broadcast room, asking him why he took out these messy things for auction.
David Li looked very embarrassed and explained awkwardly,
"Anyway, it's an antique, and it still has some value!"
After the rich people heard David Li's explanation, they all laughed loudly, and all kinds of cynicism came out.
Unlike the reactions of other rich people, Ye Hao's heartbeat suddenly accelerated at the first glance of this ancient painting.
He recognized it at a glance, that ancient painting was not a painting at all, but a scripture written with ancient runes!
What shocked Ye Hao the most was that those ancient runes had a lot of similarities with the runes on the fragment that Popeye fished up from the sea!
With Ye Hao's current rune qualifications, he still couldn't understand what these runes meant.
However, one thing is clear, and that is that this ancient painting is absolutely priceless!
Ye Hao didn't know if there were other rich people who also saw the true value of this ancient painting. In order not to alarm other rich people, he tried to show an indifferent look, and even echoed several other rich people, and also mocked this ancient painting.
David Li was ridiculed by the rich people so much that he couldn't get off the stage, so he wanted to end the auction of this lot as soon as possible.
"Ahem, cough, don't be impatient, if you don't like this lot, I will go through the following process as soon as possible!"
Li David said, knocked the auction hammer on the table, and announced that the auction of this ancient painting had begun.
The starting price of this painting is only 100,000 yuan.
David Li originally wanted to set the starting price at 500,000 yuan, but seeing that the rich people's evaluation of this lot was very low, he temporarily changed his mind and lowered the price to 100,000 yuan.
When the auction began, the rich just sneered and no one bid.
Ye Hao didn't bid at the first time, he wanted to see if there were other rich people who also noticed the true value of this painting.
As a result, there has been no bid.
Seeing this situation, David Li smiled awkwardly,
"No, is this lot just a failed auction? You are all very rich and rich, you don't care about the 100,000 yuan, right?"
David Li still wants to sell this painting.
"What kind of garbage are you using to fool us? Lao Tzu is not bad for money, but he can't spend money to buy garbage!"
"That's it, hurry up and announce the unsuccessful auction and proceed to the next lot!"
The plutocrats cried out in dissatisfaction.
David Li had no choice but to raise the auction hammer and prepare to announce that the ancient painting was unsold.
At this time, Ye Hao suddenly let out a chuckle,
"Forget it, I'll give this auctioneer a face! Isn't it 100,000 yuan?
"Hey, thank you, thank you!"
David Lee was overjoyed.
He didn't hesitate or wait, he dropped the hammer at that time and announced that Ye Hao had won this ancient painting.
None of the other rich people realized that a priceless treasure was just missing out on them. They are still impatiently urging David Li to hurry up to the auction of the next lot.
(End of chapter)